Journalism at Baylor University

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if Baylor University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and approximately 19,297 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

Baylor Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

Baylor Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Baylor is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Journalism Student Demographics at Baylor

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Baylor University.

Baylor Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Baylor are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Baylor Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in journalism each year. Baylor does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baylor University with a master's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Baylor University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	77

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Photographers	3,070	$34,160
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Reporters and Correspondents	2,210	$45,910

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.